Encaustic Minis 2016
Series 2
These small encaustic paintings are done on 4×4 in. heavyweight illustration boards and each are mounted on a signed 6×6 acid-free matboard. The illustration boards are made of 100% cotton fiber, acid-free paper.
Images in these paintings are drawn from a Chinese painting manual called “Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden” compiled during the early Qing Dynasty in the late 1600s. One technique I employed in most of the pieces is wood glue burning. It’s what gives the paintings that rich amber color.
“There is beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for the spring. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter.” – Rachel Carson
!["N.009" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "N.009" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-013.jpg)
!["Sweet May Morning" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "Sweet May Morning" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-009.jpg)
Sweet May Morning, 2016
!["Welcome the Spring" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "Welcome the Spring" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-010.jpg)
Welcome the Spring, 2016
!["Charming" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "Charming" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-011.jpg)
Charming, 2016
!["Pleasant Season" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "Pleasant Season" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-013.jpg)
Pleasant Season, 2016
!["The Morrow Morn" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "The Morrow Morn" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-014.jpg)
The Morrow Morn, 2016
!["Unheard Melodies" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "Unheard Melodies" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-012.jpg)
Unheard Melodies, 2016
!["The Savannah" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "The Savannah" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-017.jpg)
The Savannah, 2016
!["Dear Friend" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "Dear Friend" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-015.jpg)
Dear Friend, 2016
!["In Celestial Light" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "In Celestial Light" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-016.jpg)
In Celestial Light, 2016
!["Awakened Earth" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "Awakened Earth" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-018.jpg)
Awakened Earth, 2016
!["N.009" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "N.009" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-020.jpg)
Thorns of Life, 2016
!["N.009" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "N.009" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-021.jpg)
The Life of Things, 2016
!["And Whence It Flows" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "And Whence It Flows" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-023.jpg)
And Whence It Flows, 2016
!["Silent Creek" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "Silent Creek" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-024.jpg)
Silent Creek, 2016
!["Music in My Heart" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "Music in My Heart" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-025.jpg)
Music in My Heart, 2016
!["Untamed" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "Untamed" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-029.jpg)
Untamed, 2016
!["Heaven Smiles" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "Heaven Smiles" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-030.jpg)
Heaven Smiles, 2016
!["In Thankful Blessedness" Encaustic Painting, 2016 "In Thankful Blessedness" Encaustic Painting, 2016](https://www.johwey.com/wp-content/uploads/projects/2018/encaustic-minis-2016-031.jpg)
In Thankful Blessedness, 2016
In Celestial Light, 2016
encaustic, glue, carbon on paper
shown in an 9×9 frame
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Awakened Earth, 2016
encaustic, pastel, glue, carbon on paper
shown in an 9×9 frame
– available –
Thorns of Life, 2016
encaustic, glue, carbon on paper
shown in a 9×9 frame
– available –
The Life of Things, 2016
encaustic, glue, carbon on paper
shown in a 9×9 frame
– available –
And Whence It Flows, 2016
encaustic, pastel, glue, carbon on paper
shown in an 9×9 frame
– available –
Music in My Heart, 2016
encaustic, pastel, glue, carbon on paper
shown in an 9×9 frame
– available –